The Deck, Wednesday Morning

[living_endless]

It was a nice morning, with the first hint of fall in the still-warm air. Didi carried a mug of tea onto the deck to enjoy it, feeling philosophical. If she counted the time in New York with Sexton, her first anniversary as a human would be Friday. She wondered if she should throw herself a party to mark the milestone -- if she was still around at all. The feeling she wouldn't be kept tugging at her. Mortal life felt like a dress she had almost outgrown, a sentimental favorite she'd need to give up on soon enough.

She tried to shake it off as she sipped her drink. Going or staying -- whichever was going to happen, would happen without her worrying about it. For now, there was slightly spicy tea to drink and a blue sky to watch.

[OOC: Last public post as Didi.]

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Dinah was buzzing around trying to pack, get ready for the party tonight, and say good-bye to people. So she took a minute to flop down on the deck near Didi on her way out to get supplies for her trip out on Friday.

"Hey! Are you going to the party tonight?"

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"Hi Dinah," Didi answered, smiling a little. "I'm not sure. last time I went to one of Karla's parties, I ended up making out with Jean Grey."

[OOC: Plus Quinn and Tara both have to be there and, even without any plot, my head would explode if I had all three in one place.]

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"In itself not a reason not to go, but hey, Jono won't be there to either be happy or call a halt, so yeah," Dinah laughed. She leaned back on her hands and grimaced. "For me, it's an excuse to quit packing for a while. I should've gotten everything done way earlier than this."

All in favor of unexploded heads say aye? Aye!

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"I think we went down to Caritas to kiss on his lap," Didi said, blushing. "Which was fun, but not exactly what I want to do tonight. You're heading out? Or just getting ready to?"

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"Just getting ready. Friday," Dinah said, sighing. "I think the point of packing is to make you want to leave so you don't have to deal with it any more... and reeeeally? Kissing and laps?" she teased. "You guys are too cute, you know that, right?"

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Jono. That was like a stab, wondering what he'd do if she really was leaving.

"We do our best," she answered. "That's half the reason we're still together -- we don't want to deprive the island of cute."

There was something darker behind the banter.

"Of course, you and Jaime are pretty damn cute yourselves, so you'd know."

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"I'm glad you're aware of your impact on us," Dinah told her solemnly, then grinned, the usual giddy cut with an ache. "Heh. Thanks. I don't think we're as cute as you, or a basket of kittens, but... It's been great."

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"You're welcome." Didi noticed the tense there. "You aren't going for long-distance, huh?"

She didn't blame Dinah; she knew how things had ended for Jaime and Tracy, and she didn't see Jaime being in a hurry to put himself through it again.

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"No." Dinah sighed, pulling up her legs to hug them. "I kind of wanted to try, but-- we're from different worlds. And neither of wants to leave our own. There's long distance, and then there's really long distance... Staying friends, though. He's too awesome to lose."

She would've wanted to try. But in months of talking about it, she'd still never been able to completely disagree with Jaime's logic on this.

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"Way too awesome," Didi agreed. "If it helps at all, I think you're right, and being brave. Which ... probably won't make it hurt any less."

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"Yeah?" Dinah smiled a little. "Thanks. And -- no, probably not. But. I'm going to distract myself with a roadtrip when I leave on Friday. And by the time I get home classes will be starting. Keeping busy helped, kinda, last time." She swallowed, then said, "I'm going to text everyone a lot. You too, if you want. Things like: Am about to jump off a building. Wheee!"

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If she really did jump off buildings, Didi might be seeing her sooner rather than later.

"Sounds fun," she said, not keeping the doubt out of her voice. "I'm sure we'll be in touch."

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Dinah grinned. "In a safe and environmentally friendly way. Don't want to make the street-sweepers clean up after me." She shook her head. "But. Yeah. If Tony's experience off-island are anything to judge by, you can leave Fandom, but it doesn't leave you."